Connectable Devices Reference Table

Electrical connections are made via connection points.

The table below identifies:

  • What devices can be connected together.
  • The different types of connection point needed.
  • Connection point cardinality properties (i.e. the number of connection points you can create per device) in brackets after the connection point, where: (0:1) means 0 to one (0:N) means 0 to many (1:N) means 1 to many
  • Which connectable device moves during the connecting process.

See Also
Connecting Electrical Devices Together
First Connectable Device First Connection Point Second Connectable Device Second Connection Point Which Connectable Device moves...
Mounting equipment Cavity [0:N]
  • Equipment
  • Mounting equipment
  • Shell
  • Single insert connector
  • Multi insert connector
  • Stud
  • Terminal block
  • Terminal strip
Cavity connection point [0:1] Second connectable device
Cavity connection point [0:1] Mounting equipment Cavity [0:N] First connectable device
Equipment Cavity [0:N]
  • Shell
  • Single insert connector
  • Stud
  • Terminal block
  • Terminal strip
  • Contact
  • Filler plug
Cavity connection point [0:1] Second connectable device
Cavity connection point [0:1] Mounting equipment Cavity [0:N] First connectable device
Backshell connection point [0:N] Backshell Backshell connection point [0:1] Standard connection: Second connectable device
Shell Cavity [0:N]
  • Single insert connector
  • Stud
  • Terminal block
  • Contact
  • Filler plug
Cavity connection point [0:1] Second connectable device
Cavity connection point [0:1]
  • Mounting equipment
  • Equipment
  • Shell
Cavity [0:N] First connectable device
Shell connection point [0:1] Shell Shell connection point [0:1] First connectable device
Backshell connection point [0:N] Backshell Backshell connection point [0:1] Second connectable device
Single insert connector Cavity [0:N]
  • Contact
  • Filler plug
Cavity connection point [0:1] Second connectable device
Connector connection point [0:1] Single insert connector Connector connection point [0:1] A specific behavior applies if :
  • Both devices are under the same electrical geometry, then the first one moves.
  • Only one of both devices is under an electrical geometry, then this is the one which moves.
  • There is no electrical geometry, then the first selected device moves.
Connector connection point [0:1] Multi insert connector Connector connection point [0:N] First connectable device
Cavity connection point [0:1]
  • Mounting equipment
  • Equipment
  • Shell
Cavity [0:N] First connectable device
Backshell connection point [0:N] Backshell Backshell connection point [0:1] Second connectable device
Multi insert connector Cavity connection point [0:1] Mounting equipment Cavity [0:N] First connectable device
Connector connection point [0:N] Single insert connector Connector connection point [0:1] Second connectable device
StudCavity connection point [0:1]
  • Mounting equipment
  • Equipment
  • Shell
Cavity [0:N] First connectable device
Cavity [0:N] Contact Cavity connection point [0:1] Second connectable device
Splice Segment position point [0:1] Segment end Splice position point [0:1] -
Terminal strip Cavity connection point [0:1]
  • Mounting equipment
  • Equipment
  • Shell
Cavity [0:N] First connectable device
Cavity [0:N] Contact Cavity connection point [0:1] -
Terminal block Cavity connection point [0:1]
  • Mounting equipment
  • Equipment
  • Shell
Cavity [0:N] First connectable device
Cavity [0:N] Contact Cavity connection point [0:1] -
Contact Cavity connection point [0:1]
  • Equipment
  • Shell
  • Single insert connector
  • Backshell
  • Terminal block
  • Terminal strip
  • Stud
Cavity [0:N] First connectable device
Filler plug Cavity connection point [0:1]
  • Equipment
  • Shell
  • Single insert connector
Cavity [0:N] First connectable device
Backshell Backshell connection point [0:1]
  • Single insert connector
  • Shell
  • Equipment
Backshell connection point [0:N] First connectable device
Cavity [0:N] Contact Cavity connection point [0:1] Second connectable device
Segment Segment end
  • Mounting equipment
  • Equipment
  • Shell
  • Single insert connector
  • Stud
  • Terminal block
  • Terminal strip
  • Contact
  • Backshell
  • Splice
Segment connection point [0:N] -
Segment end Splice position point [0:1] Splice Segment position point [0:1] Second connectable device
Fluidic part (with electrical extension)Cavity [0:N] ShellCavity connection point [0:1] Second connectable device
Single insert connector
Stud
Terminal block
Terminal strip
Contact
Filler plug
Cavity connection point [0:1] Mounting equipmentCavity [0:N] First connectable device
Backshell connection point [0:N] BackshellBackshell connection point [0:1] Second connectable device